Frean J A, Isaäcson M, Miller G B, Mistry B D, Heney C
Department of Tropical Diseases, School of Pathology, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg.
Mycopathologia. 1991 Oct;116(1):5-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00436083.
A ten year old boy developed lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis following a wild rodent bite. The infection was successfully treated with potassium iodide. Sporotrichosis in humans has followed bites, pecks and stings inflicted by a variety of animals, birds and insects. Many species of animals are susceptible to infection by Sporothrix schenkii, but transmission from infected animals to man is uncommon.